1774 Hardstone Picture Frame, China, decorated with an openwork floral scroll band, an oval jadeite plaque tied to the top band, frame 13 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. $200-300 1775 Carved Fluorite Bowl with Wood Stand, China, lotus-inspired design with two figures to sides, ht. 4 in. $200-300 1776 Three Jade Pendants, China, one rectangular, carved with scholars in a landscape on one side and calligraphy on the other, one rectangular with rounded ends, carved with a boy and a bat on one side, calligraphy on the other, and a round pendant with openwork carvings of chilong, all pale celadon stone, lg. to 2 5/8 in. $100-200 1777 Two Carved Hardstone Items, China, a jadeite brush washer with two openwork chilong around the mouth rim, (repaired with metal staples), dia. 5 1/8; and a miniature hardstone ruyi scepter with carved details on the head, lg. 3 3/8 in. $250-350 1778 Small Red Agate Carving of a Rabbit, China, seated with the ears upward, with a wood stand, ht. 2 1/2 in. $50-100 1779 Carved Soapstone Basin, China, rolled lotus leaf-shape, with carved wood base, (chips to rims), ht. 3, wd. 10 3/8 in. $300-500 1780 Carved Soapstone Vase Mounted as a Lamp, decorated with a bird-andflower design, two-socket lamp on metal base, stone ht. 12 1/4 in. $150-250
1781 Large Hardstone Planter, China, cylindrical form tapering at the base, with an everted mouth rim, the sides carved with archaic-style taotie masks and stylized dragons, green mottled stone, dia. 14 in. $300-500 1782 Large Bronze Censer with Lotus Stand, China, compressed round tripod, with an undulating rim and loop handles, six-character Xuande mark on base, ht. on stand 6 1/2, rim dia. to 9 1/8 in. $300-500 1783 Polished Bronze Censer, China, squat round on tripod, with two loop handles, three-character mark engraved on base, ht. 3 1/4, dia. to 8 3/4 in. $300-500 1784 Polished Bronze Censer, China, squat round, on tripod, with two near square loophole handles rising from the mouth rim, six-character Xuande mark on base, ht. 2 7/8, dia. 6 1/4 in. $300-500 1785 Bronze Censer, China, squat round with a flaring rim, on a short stem foot, with two carved lion head knobs, the base with molded dragon roundel with six-character Xuande mark on base, ht. 2 3/8, dia. 5 3/8 in. $300-500 1786 CloisonnĂŠ Tripod Censer, China, compressed globular form with a banded rim, resting on three short feet, with two chilong-inspired loop handles to shoulder, decorated with lotus scrolls and floral roundels against a light blue ground below a petaled band in orange around the mouth rim, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 8 in. $300-500
1787 Four Sawankhalok Pottery Boxes with Lids, Thailand, possibly 14th to 16th century, all round, with bowlshape boxes and slightly domed lids, one resting on a stem foot, decorated with various geometric patterns, rings, and bands, in underglaze blue and iron brown, the covers decorated with carved animals except one with a lotus knob, three with glazed interiors, all with a round carved wood stand, ht. to 3 3/8, dia. to 4 3/8 in. $200-300 1788 Large Jardinière, probably Thailand, 20th century, brown body with yellow glaze decoration depicting a dragon and a sunburst, ht. 28 1/2, dia. 24 in. $200-300 1789 Sawankhalok Covered Box, Thailand, possibly 14th to 16th century, round, decorated with overlapping petal patterns and concentric borders, the cover with a molded leaf and stalk handle, dia. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 1790 Stoneware Stem Bowl, Thailand, Ban Chiang style, decorated with combed line design, (foot chipped), ht. 5 in. $500-700 1791 Earthenware Jar, Thailand, Ban Chiang style, on a high stem foot, decorated with painted swirls in red, (repairs to stem foot), ht. 8 5/8 in. $500-700 1792 Soapstone Chop Mounted in a Brass Fitting, China, the long chop decorated with a pair of foo lions and ruyi cloud in bas relief, (corner chipped), the banded fitting decorated with a mythical animal with dragon head soldered to the fitting, ht. 3 5/8, wd. 8 1/2, dragon wd. 7 in.
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1773 Carved Fluorite Lamp Vase, China, covered flattened rectangular flaskshape vase mounted on a carved wood stand, resting on a cast bronze base, electrified with two-socket lamppost, topped with a openwork roundel finial, vase ht. 14 1/4 in. $200-300
Provenance: The estate of Ernest Helides. $50-100 1793 Wood Carving of a Monk, squat seated with his head bent and face buried in hands, multiple cracks to wood, ht. 14 1/4 in. $400-600
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